Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | It will take me six to eight matches to get fit — I 've played four so far so , hopefully , I only need a few more . |
| 32 | So , I , I think those sheets are fabulous , but you only need a few of them . |
| 33 | Just rub a few drops between your hands and slick lightly through freshly washed or dry hair . |
| 34 | While you 're clearing away old bedding plants , just push a few cloves into the soil , about 4–6in apart , with tips just below the soil . |
| 35 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |
| 36 | Do not completely cover the tank bottom with mops , just place a few in the central region of the tank . |
| 37 | In certain entries th tha which I 'll come to shortly , do use extra memory , er , just say a few things about er , the one , three of these , three of the Windows products , which er , one of you is using , erm , it uses memory slightly differently , er , if I put an entry in row one , and a ro and an entry on row five one two , then yes , it er uses memory for that whole range there . |
| 38 | Beryl said , ‘ Just wait a few minutes , Adam , till we 've got this cleared up . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Just wait a few months and we will go as tourists . ’ |
| 40 | I just put a few things in the wrong place because I did n't read , you know , put them in too soon . |
| 41 | You do n't need a herd of asses , just tip a few tablespoons of powdered milk into your bath for a skin softening soak . |
| 42 | Just give a few details about age , occupation , their personality , and your relationship with them . |
| 43 | And if you decide to distribute them then you 're going to need to help , so you just give a few to , and a few to you as well , we 'll get them distributed that way . |
| 44 | Erm if they have n't then you just get a few ideas , got a graphics pack and you say well is this the sort of thing you want , well this is what the er the builder did last time . |
| 45 | just get a few drips |
| 46 | Just get a few odds and ends like you know |
| 47 | Well it 's always nice to keep a clean sheet , you know , especially away from home , but , you know , we just , just get a few League wins and er get the confidence back again . |
| 48 | Just fire a few bullets , and hopefully the audience wo n't notice . |
| 49 | Just fire a few bullets , and hopefully the audience wo n't notice . |
| 50 | ‘ Just try a few . |
| 51 | She only mentioned Margaret twice — once tenderly : ‘ the beautiful curtains Margaret and I chose together ’ — once tartly : ‘ Margaret would never prepare her lectures … just gather a few notes together and wonder why she was nervous at the last moment . |
| 52 | I saw Best play a few times . |
| 53 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 54 | We 'd get scared half the way through and back off and just stick a few ship pictures round the walls . |
| 55 | Their immune systems are so damaged that colds and bugs which normally take a few days to clear can take weeks or months . |
| 56 | No you can all you can do is just learn a few each day or learn some patterns so that you can get quite a few words in one go and sort of learn some tricks like guessing well we 'll we 'll try with a C. |
| 57 | Because was before the observations of Mr it just that you 're going back to cabinet government anyway cos you say t take a few on each committee , just have a few small committees and they 'll do the job . |
| 58 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 59 | I just want to spread a few good words and hopefully raise a few pounds for the three groups that I am involved with , ’ says Rosemary . |
| 60 | Yeah but yo you always sell a few to take out do n't |